Eavesdropper

Definition: Eavesdropper

Eavesdropper

Noun

1. A secret listener to private conversations.

Date "eavesdropper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Synonyms within Context: Eavesdropper

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Curiosity	Inquirer; sightseer; quidnunc, newsmonger, Paul Pry, eavesdropper; gossip; (news); rubberneck; intellectual; seeker, seeker after truth.
Information	Informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective; sleuth; mouchard, spy, newsmonger; messenger; amicus curiae.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Eavesdropper

English words defined with "eavesdropper": Evesdropper. (references)

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Modern Usage: Eavesdropper

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You damn froggy eavesdropper. (Death on the Nile; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Anthony Shaffer)
Movie/TV Titles	The Eavesdropper (1912)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Eavesdropper

Domain	Title
Books	Eavesdropper (reference) The Eavesdropper (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Eavesdropper (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Eavesdropper

"Eavesdropper" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Eavesdropper" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	9	117,287

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Eavesdropper

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
eavesdropper	13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Eavesdropper

Language		Translations for "eavesdropper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		përgjues (listener, listener-in, peeper, peeping, spy, watcher). (various references)

Bulgarian		подслушвач. (various references)

Czech		kdo tajnì poslouchá. (various references)

Finnish		salakuuntelija (pirate listener). (various references)

French		espionner. (various references)

German		horcher (eavesdroppers, listener). (various references)

Greek		ωτακουστήσ (overhearer), αφουγκραστήσ. (various references)

Hungarian		telefonbeszélgetést lehallgató. (various references)

Italian		origliatore, ascoltatore di nascosto. (various references)

Manx		sheegeyr (pryer), cooyl-eaishteyder. (various references)

Pig Latin		eavesdropperay.(various references)

Romanian		persoanã care ascultã la uşã. (various references)

Russian		подслушивающий. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prislušni, prisluškivač (listener-in). (various references)

Swedish		tjuvlyssnare. (various references)

Turkish		kulak misafiri (auricular witness, earwitness), gizlice dinleyen kimse. (various references)

Vietnamese		người nghe trộm. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Eavesdropper

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	aucupe, aucupes. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Eavesdropper

Derivations
	Words beginning with "eavesdropper": eavesdroppers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Eavesdropper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eaevsdropper, eavsdropper. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Eavesdropper"

Words rhyming with "eavesdropper" (pronounced 'Eaves"drop`per'): Cappaper, Clodhopper, Coal-whipper, Divedapper, Electrotyper, Evesdropper, Gallinipper, Grasshopper, handicapper, Heliotroper, High-stepper, Hydropiper, interloper, Main-hamper, Newspaper, Scotch-hopper, Stereotyper, Top-hamper, Touch-paper, Understrapper, Whippersnapper, Wit-snapper. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Eavesdropper

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-o-p-p-r-r-s-v"
	-2 letters: overspread, reapproved, reapproves.
	-3 letters: approvers, depravers, eavesdrop, overdares, pervaders, preserved, prospered, reapprove, repapered.
	-4 letters: approved, approver, approves, dapperer, depraver, depraves, deserver, droppers, eardrops, overdare, overdear, overseed, overseer, paperers, pervader, pervades, perverse, preavers, prepared, prepares, preserve, rapeseed, repapers, reproved, reproves, reserved, respread, reversed, spreader, vaporers.
	-5 letters: adorers, adverse, apposed, apposer, approve, averred, deposer, deprave, deserve, dorpers, drapers, dropper, drosera, drovers, eardrop, epopees, evaders, oversad, oversea, oversee, papered, paperer, peepers, pervade, preaver, prepare, propers, prosper, provers, rappees, rappers, readers, reapers, reavers, redears, redrove, repaper, repaved, repaves, reposed, reposer, reprove, rereads, reredos, reserve, respade, revered, reveres, reverse, reverso, savored, savorer, severed, severer, sparred, speared, spearer, speeder, speered, vapored, vaporer.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-e-o-p-p-r-r-s-v"
	+1 letter: eavesdroppers.
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